Hello Family!
So another week has flown by and I officially have less than 18
months left. That's less than one sister missionary mission. Time is flying!
Zadar is way hot, but great....okay, so it's like the mid to high 90's but it's
so humid and we are either outside or in un-air-conditioned buildings all day
going up and down stairs and stuff. I have to peel my shirt off at the end of
the night I get so sweaty.....But it's great. I'm excited for winter to say the
least....or fall....whenever the tourists leave. But the ones at church can
stay. They make it fun. Yesterday we had 36 people at church and only 10 local
members. It's crazy during the hymns. Last week it was a mixture of Dutch, German,
English, and Croatian. It sounds like a giant mess, but it's pretty cool.
Good luck with the organ! You can come here. We don't even have a
piano. Just a keyboard....not even a plug in pedal. It's pretty
different/interesting. That’s crazy about all of the new people. I'm not going
to know anybody by the time I get back to the ward. But I won’t be staying for
long, so not too big of a deal.
The trek was fun. And we had another good activity on Saturday. We
had a picnic with sandwiches, watermelon, juice, and chips and then afterwards
we played Capture the Flag. We had a good turn out. We had the 4 missionaries
and 11 other people. We were surprised that that many people came. Luckily we
overbought food. The coolest part about the activity was the kids' responses to
the glow sticks I gave them. Elder K**** got them for Christmas, and when we
were cleaning the apartment in Karlovac, he was going to throw them away, but I
took them. I saved them/forgot I had them, until we were planning the activity.
So I broke them out and the kids were wearing them before it got dark, and they
had never seen them because they don't exist here, so they didn't understand
the fact that they glowed. Once it got dark they all started freaking out about
how they were cool and glowing and stuff. It was funny. One of them was still
wearing it at church the next day.
I just told Elder M**** about the topless lady afterwards.
He thought it was funny.
I feel the shared excitement for not summer....I'm sorry that I made
Mollie cry. I wasn't really offended or hurt or anything. I was just kidding
around. I can understand that it's hard to come up with stuff when nothing
happens.....well the grass is still green (who am I kidding....it's probably
all dead).....
That's cool about the new toy. You're getting pretty hip with the
new tech and new car. I hope there are some new tech toys laying around for me
to take once I get home.
You're going to Santa Barbara? What for? That's cool.
That's cool about the cds. I'm looking forward to them.
Questions for this week:
1. You seem to be doing really well, and I kinda thought you
would have some rough times. Is that true, or are you following general
advice which is, "Don't tell your moms what you really
experience!"?
Na....everything has been pretty easy going so far. I've liked my
companions, and the only rough parts is being tired and hot....and sometimes
sore. But it's been fine besides that. Sometimes things get a little
frustrating (flaky people) and stuff, but it's fine. There hasn't been danger so
far or anything and I haven't gotten hurt or anything like that. Don't worry.
I'm not hiding things from you.
2. How are you getting along with your companion?
We get along great. It's fine so far. It's a party in Zadar.
3. How is the branch going?
All right. Like I said, we had 10 members at church.
4. What is your favorite thing to eat there?
There's a place called surf and fries in Center where you get a big
thing of fries and they have a bunch of different sauces. We've been there a
couple of times. But Sandwiches are usually the main thing....or top ramen.
It's universal I guess and cheap is cheap.
5. Are you having to eat more seafood since you are on the
coast?
I haven't had any yet. I had more in Karlovac than here....just the
lignje (calamari) on Good Friday and nothing since then.
6. Would you vacation there if you weren't on a mission?
Uh...maybe. Dubrovnik, Sibenik, and Split are bigger cities and more
touristy (also more expensive) so I might hit those cities first, but I
wouldn't mind hanging in Zadar. There are a lot of things to do as tourists that
we can't do as missionaries. Pretty much all the stuff at night and everything
involving water. They have big island excursion boats that take you to
different beaches and stuff and they look like a lot of fun. They also have a
lot of different boat tours and we saw people parasailing today.
7. Are you eating enough?
Yeah. We have plenty. But we must do more walking here or something,
because I'm dropping a little weight....not a problem or anything, but maybe
like 7-9 pounds since I got here. My suit jacket is getting to be a little
baggy.
It's okay that you went to Raising Cains. I've had KFC twice now, so
we're almost even. I heard that they had good chicken, but I heard that their
sweet tea tastes like lake water compared to Chicken E....I’ll take other
peoples' word for it because I wouldn't know, and you wouldn't either.
So funny story, but I don't have time to type it out so it's copied
and pasted from Mollie's email:
A dog bit my companion this last week. Don't worry. It was a
little white terrier. A Baka (grandma) was walking around with a leash in her
hand and a little dog was running around like crazy. She was trying to put a
leash on it, but it wouldn't stop running, and she couldn't bend over far
enough to put it on, so she asked Elder Marks if he could do it. So he said yes
and took the leash in one hand and grabbed the dog's collar with the other
hand. Well, the dog snarled, turned around and bit the arm that was holding the
collar. He let go, and said "Hej! The dog bit me!" (he was bleeding a
little bit) She looked at him, and said "no...." He repeated himself,
but she wouldn't believe him. She just looked at him and said, "Well, can
you try again?" We told her no and that we were sorry. We then went to an
investigators house for a lesson and he cleaned Elder Marks's arm with some
homemade moonshine that he had in the fridge.....we found out from the mission
nurse that it was a bad idea, but oh well. We saw the lady with the dog when we
left the lesson, and we asked her if the dog had rabies shots, she said
yes....and my companion hasn't started foaming yet, so I'll believe her. And
don't worry. If he needs a blood transfusion, I'm o negative (universal donor)
and we have pen tubes, tape, straws, bags, sewing needles, and rubber bands in
the apartment, so we can perform it no problem....we also have soap, so we can
be safe.
I better get going. Love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
P.J.
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